I am obviously as dense as they get. I’m certain this is all laid out clearly on the web and you will all “google that for you”, but I can not figure this idea out or find it.
Ahem, what I have is this:
And Ipod 4th Generation and an Ipad 2
Both have Kindle on them and I use the .mobi format to read ebooks.
Most ebooks are not bought from Amazon, but other sources.
What I currently do is:
Attach either device to my computer.
Open “apps” and add the mobi files to my Kindle app and sync.
Read
What I want is this:
Both devices to have the same set of ebooks without having to connect both
For both devices to pick up on the same page. I want them to “sync” together so I can read on either device without figuring out where I am.
They can do this, right?
Both Kindle apps have different @kindle.com emails and I tried to switch them to the same…it wouldn’t allow it.
Is there an easy way to attach both devices to my Amazon Cloud and upload files there? Then, I could just grab from the cloud(from the app) what I am reading and it would sync where I’m at…this is a thing, isn’t it?
As far as I can tell, Amazon does not have a “cloud” for user-uploaded e-books. You can send a document to a specific Kindle device, but there is no online location where you can upload an e-book and have multiple Kindle devices or apps sync to it.
Although you’d have to convert the Mobi’s to something else (typically PDF, there are a number of free converter), iBooks (which you’ve already got on the devices, or can get for free) can at least sync the same set of books to all devices via iTunes, including user-provided content. I don’t know if it syncs the page numbers or not, but it’d be easy to check.
Personal documents that you send by email or the Send to Kindle app on your computer to your iThings go into the Amazon cloud and you can sync them exactly like you sync Amazon purchased content. You can send to more than one device at a time using the Send to Kindle app by ticking the appropriate boxes or just send it to the cloud and then download it to the devices from their archives if you want.
Sorry, we’re talking about two different things. I meant Whispersync – the syncing progress & annotations service. That only works on Kindle Store-purchased books.
You’re talking about Personal Document Storage, an option that lets you copy emailed documents to a limited storage area (5GB for me) so you can download them on other Kindle devices/readers. However, that still does not include the syncing of reading progress or annotations.
No, I am talking about using Whispersync to sync reading location and bookmarks between Kindle apps on different devices. It works with your own books, not just Amazon content, as long as you send the books either by email or Send to Kindle, since the books load up into your Kindle library cloud. See the first link I provided. This feature is relatively new (I think Android apps were only added over the summer), so perhaps you aren’t up to date with your information.
I just tried this and you’re absolutely right… I’m so happy Thank you and sorry for the misinformation! I don’t know when this became possible, but I am really stoked that it is.
Thank you and sorry for the misinformation! I don’t know when this became possible, but I am really stoked that it is.